Blayne Weaver

Blayne Nutron Weaver (born April 9, 1976) is an American actor, and filmmaker. He is best known for voicing Peter Pan in Return to Never Land (2002) following Bobby Driscoll death in 1968.

Blayne Weaver
Born	Blayne Nutron Weaver (1976-04-09) April 9, 1976 (age 47) Bossier City, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupations	Actor screenwriter director producer
Years active	1993–present
Website	http://blayneweaver.net

Early life

Weaver was born in Bossier City, Louisiana^[1] on April 9, 1976.

Career

Weaver began to perform in the children's theater group The Peter Pan Players in Shreveport, Louisiana. His first major film performance was in the independent film Where the Red Fern Grows. In the late 1990s, he appeared in several TV movies and was also a guest star on several shows including ER, JAG, and Chicago Hope. In 2001, he became the new voice of Disney's Peter Pan, and has performed that voice in various children's films as well as in recordings for the Disney theme parks.^[2]

In 2001, Weaver co-wrote the film Manic, which starred actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt.^[2] He continues to play the voice of Peter Pan and pursue acting in Los Angeles. In late 2004, he directed, wrote and starred in the short film Losing Lois Lane, which made a big impact online. He then wrote, directed and starred in Secret Identity Productions' (SIP) first feature film Outside Sales, which won awards on the film festival circuit and was released nationwide through Echo Bridge Entertainment. Weaver wrote, directed and played a small role in SIP's next feature, Weather Girl, with an ensemble cast that boasted Tricia O'Kelley, Mark Harmon, Jon Cryer and Jane Lynch. Weather Girl enjoyed an extensive festival run followed by a ten-city theatrical and a worldwide television and DVD release. Weaver wrote, directed and stars in his next feature film 6 Month Rule with a cast featuring Martin Starr, Jaime Pressly, John Michael Higgins and Dave Foley.

In 2016, Weaver wrote and directed Cut to the Chase, a feature film he also starred in about an ex-con that sets out in search of his kidnapped sister through the criminal underbelly of Shreveport, Louisiana.^[3] He also starred in the feature film Where We're Meant to Be by Michael Howard that deals with the interconnected stories of various characters during the pivotal changes and moments in their lives. His performance earned him a Best Actor nomination at the Eastern NC Film Festival.^[4]

In 2019, Weaver directed the Netflix original movie Santa Girl.^[5] The movie is about Santa's daughter, Cassandra "Cassie" Claus, (played by Jennifer Stone) wanting to find herself and see the world despite the wishes of her father (played by Barry Bostwick) who wants her to take over the family business. It first premiered at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Winchester, Virginia.^[6]

In 2020, Weaver co-wrote American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules with David H. Steinberg.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Manic	Charlie
	Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse	Peter Pan (voice)	Direct-to-video
2002	Return to Never Land
2004	The Lion King 1½		Direct-to-video
	Losing Lois Lane	Clark Kent/Superman	Short film
2006	Outside Sales	Kirk Hastings
2008	Uncross the Stars	George
	Damn You Stephen Hawking	Stephen Hawking	Short film
2009	Weather Girl	William
2010	Mr. Autry's Bonus	Mike Fern	Short film
2011	The FP	Gas Station Attendant
	6 Month Rule	Tyler
2012	Pretty Bad Actress	Director
	Junk	Eugene
2013	Favor	Kip
	Deep Dark Canyon	Tom Cavanaugh
2015	Rag Doll	Man
	In Progress	Jonas	Short film
2016	Where We're Meant to Be	Charlie McIntire
	Cut to the Chase	Max Chase
	Hard Sell	Tim
2019	Ghosted	Ben	Short film
2020	American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules	Mr. Sawyer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children?	Jeff Bowman	Television film
1995	The Good Old Boys	Tommy Calloway
	JAG	Private First Class Douglas	Episode: "War Cries"
1997	ER	Jeffrey	Episode: "You Bet Your Life"
1998	Chicago Hope	Luke Serone	Episode: "Broken Hearts"
	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction		Episode: "The Chalkboard
	Winchell	Country Club Worker	Television film
2002	House of Mouse	Peter Pan (voice)	Episodes: "Donald Wants to Fly", "Super Goof"
2004	The King of Queens	D.J.	Episode: "Precedent Nixin'"
	NCIS	P.O. Darrell Baum	Episode: "The Good Wives Club"
2008	The Middleman	Dean Schon	Episode: "The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum"
2018	Gone	Father Beiler	Episode: "Secuestrado"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Peter Pan	Peter Pan
2011	Kinect Disneyland Adventures
2015	Disney Infinity 3.0

Theme parks

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Mickey's PhilharMagic	Peter Pan

Production credits

Writer

Year	Title	Notes
2001	Manic
2004	Losing Lois Lane
2006	Outside Sales
2008	The Prince & Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon
2009	Weather Girl
2010	The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure
2011	Honey 2
	6 Month Rule
	Broken
2016	Cut to the Chase
2018	Akuma
2020	American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules

Director

Year	Title	Notes
2004	Losing Lois Lane
2006	Outside Sales
2009	Weather Girl
2011	6 Month Rule
2016	Cut to the Chase
2019	Santa Girl
2020	GetAWAY
2021	Clip Joint	Announced

Producer

Year	Title	Notes
2004	Losing Lois Lane
2006	Outside Sales
2019	Santa Girl
2020	GetAWAY
2021	The In-Between	Completed
	Cupid for Christmas	Pre-production

References

1. "Bio".
2. 'Return to Never Land': Blayne Weaver, USA Today. Retrieved on January 22, 2010.
3. "'Cut to the Chase' wraps up in Shreveport". KSLA News. April 20, 2015.
4. Weaver, Blayne. "WWMTB Wins/Nominations". IMDB Awards.
5. "Shenandoah Hires 'Santa Girl' Director Blayne Weaver". Shenandoah University. August 23, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
6. Cinema, Alamo Drafthouse. "Santa Girl". drafthouse.com. Retrieved September 21, 2020.

External links

• Official Website
• Blayne Weaver at IMDb